Diversity in Commercial Real Estate 2024 | Avant-Garde Network | 25 July 2024 | Columbia University, 116th and Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA

The event is focused on commercial real estate, real estate investing, technology, opportunity zones and more! Our annual conference is the place for attendees to do business, network and learn about issues that affect commercial real estate development around the nation. Speakers have backgrounds in development, law, finance, and other nationwide commercial real estate initiatives and policy.

We focus on diversifying the commercial real estate industry from the executive leadership and entrepreneurial perspective.

2024 Speakers

Pamela West
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Impact Investing, Nuveen Real Estate

Daryl J. Carter
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Avanath Capital Management, LLC

Tammy K. Jones
CEO & Founder, Basis Investment Group

Dr. Gina Merritt
Principal, Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures L.L.C.

H. Jerome Russell
President, H. J. Russell & Company & Russell New Urban Development, LLC

Governor Wes Moore
Governor, State of Maryland

Richard Roberts
Principal and Managing Director, Red Stone Equity Partners

Ola Oyinsan Hixon
Executive Director and Portfolio Manager, PGIM Real Estate

Adeola Adejobi
Founder & CEO, Diversity in Commercial Real Estate

Karim Hutson
President and Founding CEO, Genesis Companies

Vince Toye
Head of Community Development Banking and Agency Lending, JPMorgan Chase

Maggie O’Sullivan
Executive Director, Community Impact, Global DEI, JPMorgan Chase

Malcolm Johnson
Founder & CEO, Langdon Park Capital

Moriah Thomas Parker
Vice President, Portfolio Management & Investor Relations, FCP

En Jung Kim
Managing Director, Community Development Tax Credits, JPMorgan Chase

Kirk Goodrich
President, Monadnock Development

Alecia Hill
Vice President & Assistant Portfolio Manager, FCP

Keba Batie
Executive Director, Agency & Off-Balance Sheet Lending Commercial Real Estate, JPMorgan Chase

Whitnee Williams
Director, Cushman & Wakefield

Michael Ajayi
Executive Director of CMBS Trading, JPMorgan Chase

Ernie Jarvis
Vice Chairman, Savills North America

Jeff Monge
Managing Partner, Monge Capital Advisors, LLC

Bakari Adams
Managing Director and Head of Starwood Impact Investors, Starwood Capital Group

Amanda Benjamin-Smith
Senior Investments Attorney-Real Estate, Genworth

Chike Ohayia
Vice President, Community Development Banking – Intermediaries Lending, JPMorgan Chase

Terri L. Adler
Managing Partner, Adler & Stachenfeld LLP

Monique Jefferson
Chief People Officer, The Community Preservation Corporation

Althea Broughton
Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Wilhelmena Norman-Hernandez
Vice President, Manager of Community Impact for ACCESS, Community Preservation Corporation

Naheem J. Harris
Partner, Akerman LLP

Sonya Rocvil
Principal and Founder, Bedrock Real Estate Investors

Lexus Ampadu
Vice President, Community Development Banking – Historic Tax Credits, JPMorgan Chase

Brooke Richartz
Senior Regional Sales Manager and Commercial Term Lending, JPMorgan Chase

Beatrice Sibblies
Founder, BOS Development

Adenah Bayoh
Founder, Adenah Bayoh & Companies

Melissa McCormack
Executive Director of Historic Tax Credits, JPMorgan Chase

Valerie D. White
Senior Executive Director, LISC NY

Aaron Hancock
Vice President, Artemis Real Estate Partners

Gregory M. Weston
Partner, BurgherGray LLP

Desiree Thomas
Vice President & Director of Climate Finance Fund, TruFund

James E. Daughrity
Principal Broker, Daughrity Real Estate

Myron Adoteye
Founder, Principal, AYA Enterprises

Julia Stevenson
Head of Acquisitions, Langdon Park Capital

Shaun Belle
Principal & Founder, CMC Development Group

Jerrod Delaine
CEO, The Delaine Companies

Deepa Janha
CEO, DPI Advisors

Gregory Boler Jr.
Managing Partner, KMT Partners LLC

Randall E. Powell
Co-Founder and CEO, Infinite Horizons, LLC

Joshua Bloodworth
Executive Vice-President, Legal and General Counsel, Empire State Development

Kimberly D. Hardy
Senior Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion & Compliance Services, McKissack & McKissack

Corey Galloway
Principal, Legacy Growth Partners LLC

Alexis McSween
CEO, Bottom Line Construction & Development LLC (BLCD)

Ashley Doukas
Chair, Land Use Practice, Adler & Stachenfeld LLP

Tywan Anthony
Commercial Property Manager, Kimco Realty Corporation

Carrie Torres
Vice President/Director, New York State Homes & Community Renewal

Ali Semir
Principal, Mosaic Affordable Housing

Baye Adofo-Wilson
CEO, BAW Development, LLC

Robert Jefferson
Senior Development Director, The NHP Foundation

Paul Schwartz
Partner, Adler & Stachenfeld

Ehiabhi Uwa
Mortgage Officer, The Community Preservation Corporation

Latoya Kyle
Vice President of Southeast Region, Low Income Investment Fund

Gordon P. Bell
Chief Operating Officer, Shinda Management Corporation

Allison Lane
Architect, Multi-family Studio Lead, AECOM

Gabriel Troncoso
Founder and Principal, Dimes Capital Group LLC

Alixandria D. Lane
Project Engineer, Turner Construction Company

Dwayne Jeffrey
Co-Founder & Principal, United Partners

Drew McWilliams
CRE Investment Sales Associate, Ripco Real Estate

Jawad Yatim
Founder, Co-Owner, President & General Manager, Massachusetts Pirates

Shellon Fraser
Senior Director of Lending, National Housing Trust

Ronald Newman
Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Treasury, Inflation Reduction Act Implementation

Jason Myles Clark
Executive Vice President, NYS Division of Minority & Women’s Business Development

Michael Nyamekye
Development Director, Dantes Partners

Laurel Djoukeng
Founder, SPARC + Catalyst Network Foundation Inc.

Devon Prioleau
Managing Principal, Prioleau Development Group, LLC, Prioleau Development Group, LLC

Javorn Farrell
Vice President, Newmontis Real Estate Investments

Vernon Beckford
CEO, Diversified Lending Solutions

Victor Amoo
Principal, The Portland Group

Zainab Aregbe
Associate Broker, Dallien Realty

Rashad Robinson
President, Color of Change

Clive Davis
Founder, Park Royal Capital

Meredith Marshall
Managing Partner and Co-founder, BRP Companies

2024 Sponsors

• J.P.Morgan | Chase
• PGIM Real Estate
• Goldman Sachs
• FCP
• CPC Community Preservation Corporation
• Cushman & Wakefield
• Northern real estate urban ventures
• KeyBank
• Genworth
• Momentus Capital
• Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
• Adler & Stachenfeld LLP
• Akerman
• Locus
• NYU | SPS
• Greystone
• The CCIM Institute
• Crea
• LISC
• C.U.R.E Council of Urban Real Estate
• Columbia Business School